Global Patent Index - EP 1049036 A2

EP 1049036 A2 20001102 - System and method for web trading

Title (en)

System and method for web trading

Title (de)

System und Verfahren für den Wertpapierhandel auf dem Internet

Title (fr)

Système et procédé pour le commerce de valeurs sur l'Internet

Publication

EP 1049036 A2 20001102 (EN)

Application

EP 00201567 A 20000428

Priority

US 13155599 P 19990429

Abstract (en)

The present invention relates to a web trading system and method for performing financial transactions securely over a public data network, such as the Internet, using a web browser as the user interface. The financial transactions are offered, for example, by a financial institution to its customers at the institution's web site. They include transactions such as foreign currency exchange, currency and money market trades, and warrant trades. The web trading system and method provide secure communication protocol between the Internet user interface and a virtual private network (VPN) of a financial institution to enable implementation of trading applications by the financial institution's application servers across the VPN. Security for the financial transactions is provided by the web trading systems and software downloaded to the customer's personal computer (PC) and includes encryption, authentication, authorization, message and transaction integrity capabilities, registration authority, handshake protocol, and firewalls. <IMAGE>

IPC 1-7

G06F 17/60

IPC 8 full level

G06F 13/00 (2006.01); G06Q 10/00 (2006.01); G06Q 20/00 (2006.01); G06Q 20/10 (2012.01); G06Q 40/00 (2006.01); G06Q 50/00 (2006.01)

CPC (source: EP US)

G06Q 20/10 (2013.01 - EP US); G06Q 20/102 (2013.01 - EP US); G06Q 40/00 (2013.01 - EP US); G06Q 40/03 (2023.01 - EP US); G06Q 40/04 (2013.01 - EP US)

Designated contracting state (EPC)

AT BE CH CY DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE

DOCDB simple family (publication)

EP 1049036 A2 20001102; JP 2001060235 A 20010306; US 7716109 B1 20100511

DOCDB simple family (application)

EP 00201567 A 20000428; JP 2000131721 A 20000428; US 56096000 A 20000428